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H o u s e , S e n a t e a g r e e o n , p a s s b u d g e tBy Dave Hughes

It’s finally over. . . After weeks of haggling, posturing, threats and a lot of midnight oil being burned by members of the Seventh Legislature and their staffs, the Supple­mental Budget was passed by both houses late Saturday afternoon.

Gov. Larry I. Guerrero helped things along by “sweet­ening the kitty” alittle by identifying a total o f $1,755,716 more money to be distributed by the measure. That money came from the non-resident worker fee fund, and had to be used for educational purposes.

Passage o f the compromise measure also short-cir­

cuited a threat by the governor in which he said that if the lawmakers didn’t find some way of breaking loose the budget to appropriate approximately $2 million for sewer renovation and needed funds for the Public School Sys­tem, he would do it through a declaration of emergency.

According to a recommendation submitted by the joint conference committee chaired by Rep. Jesus A. Attao and Sen. Paul Manglona suddenly created to mediate differ­ences between the House and Senate budget measures nine points were relevant in their decision to recommend passage by both houses.

Also on the committee were Acting Speaker Luis Be-

navente, Rep. Stanley Torres, Sen, Francisco Borja and Sen. Jesus R. Sablan.

Earlier this month the House declined to approve a Senate version of the budget which inserted what Speaker Pedro Guerrero called a “rider.” That rider would have changed the way the Commonwealth’s personnel office functioned, allowing Tinian and Rota to also have a personnel officer in addition to Saipan. Guerrero said such an attempt was unconstitutional.

Saturday’s version of the bill makes no mention of changing how the personnel office operates.Continues on Page 12

Seattle paper slams CNMI

By Dave Hughes An Analysis:

A Seattle-based reporter who spent just five days in the Commonwealth - part o f that with local attorney and critic of development, Ken Govendo - went back to that Washing­ton State city and told tens of thousands of the newspaper’s May 13 readers that the CNMI " . . . was something less than paradise,” and what he and a photographer found were “growth, greed and garbage were combining to the islands less than the paradise many expect to find when ‘south sea islands’ is mentioned.”

Tom Brown, 48, “Pacific- Rim reporter” for the Seattle Times for 2 and one-half years and Craig Fuji, 29, a six-year veteran with the Seattle Times and other newspapers, were on Saipan recently and talked to several people who were former Seattleites.

“Why did we go to the is­lands?” the Times asked itself . . “It’s the Seattle connection again. We heard that a sizeable numberofpeople from Seattle were involved in the islands... some people from the islands plan to come here,” the article said.

One of those people they said was “coming here” is Speaker o f the House Pedro Guerrero who the article said owns a home in the Tacoma area.

One of those Seattleites in­terviewed by Brown during his time here said that the ar­ticle was “slanted, but it sure holds up a stark mirror to the Commonwealth, doesn’t it?”

The person asked not to be identified.

See G o v . L a r r y I . G u e rre ro ’s le tte r on th is subject elsewhere in today’s issue.

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P e te A . lo b b ies la w m a k e rs fo r Shim izu p ro je c t

Former Lt. Gov. Pedro A. Tenorio has been retained by the ■Shimizu Corporation as its "corporate representative,” and he has written a letter to members o f th&Legislature asking them to support the Laulau project

Each packet contained a large multi-color brochure showing plans Shimizu has for the land, Tenorio’s letter, and other data on the projecL -

Written on his consultingcompany’sletterhead the message to Speaker o f the House Pedro R. Guerrero and Senate President Joseph Inos said that Tenorio was representing the company and he was responsible “ to coordinate its long-term economic development program and commitment to the CNMI, and in particular, its interest in assisting the CNMI to develop its land resources through the use of public and private lands for resort and tourist-related recreational activities.

Tenorio said one o f the company’s “primary commitments” is todeveiop its private land properties atLaulau Bay with two golf courses " . . . to be located on approximately 200 hectares or sparsely-used public land.”

He reminded legislators that the MPLC has sent the proposed with the answers to questions, . . you may have.” lease agreement to them and the company was providing addi- Tenorio said oneof the “mostimpffltantobjecti ves” is to ensurethat the tional information and " .. . we are confidem(it) will provide you Continues on Peg# B

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Sen. Paul Manglona - to paraphrase a once- famous movie - said Saturday that he was mad as hell and wasn’t going to take it any more. . . when it comes to the high-handed manner of the chief personnel officer, Jesus P. Mafnas.

He has joined other lawmakers in asking the Civil Service Commission to do a complete investigation into how the personnel depart­ment is run, and to correct any abuses.

The Rota senator admitted Saturday to his fellow legislators in the Senate and House the “major reason the compromise budget took so long in committee was because of the personnel department.”

Speaker of the House Pedro Guerrero had said a rider attached by the Senate last week to HB-7-140, the supplemental appropriations bill, was “illegal,” and he and other House members voted the entire budget down because of that rider.

Manglona said he and other outer-island senators in the conference committee were adamant that they would sit on the budget bill unless some way could be found to change things in the personnel department.

The senators agreed to a compromise in order to make sure needed money for the Sadog Tasi sewer plant was made available as soon as pos­sible. That compromise was a request for an investigation.

In a May 25 letter to Gonzalo Q. Santos, chairman of the CNMI’s Civil Service Com­mission, the conference committee composed of chairs Manglona and Jesus T. Attao, Sen. Jesus Sablan, Acting Speaker Luis C. Benav- ente, Sen. Francisco C. Borja and Rep. Stanley Torres asked for the investigation.

That letter says that the “committee (has) expressed serious concerns regarding the per­sonnel practices on the islands of Rota and Tinian.”

The letter said that employment applications from these islands have “difficulty” in being processed and “ . . . unsatisfactory and unfair methods are used in denying employment opportunities.”

Committee members wrote Santos that the personnel officer (Jesus Mafnas) “ . . . has ceased to delegate his authority to personnel Continues on Pag· 12

2 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS - TUESDAY - MAY 29,1990

Through the courtesy o f the M a rian a s Variety, the Office o f P ro g ra m andLegislative Review, under the Office o f the Governor, is happy to present a weekly re­view o f various laws in the Com­monwealth o f the N orthern M a r i­ana Islands, the inform ation is condensed, in the interest o f space. I f you have any questions o r want a copy o f the f u l l text o f the laws, c a ll 3 22 -5 0 9 4 /5 , or stop by our office on C ap ito l H ill, A dm in i­stration Build ing .

Public Law No. 6-46 added more responsibilities under the

Office of the Attorney General by creating within it an Office of the Consumer Counsel. The Counsel would be responsible, among other duties, to prose­cute those who violate the Con­sumer Protection law.

One of the purpose of the law is to protect the consumer from the use of deceptive methods, or practices in the sale of goods or services. Such methods and practices include, but not lim­ited to:

1. Passing off goods or serv­ices as those of another;

2. Using deceptive means to confuse the consumer as to the geographic origin of goods or services;

3. Passing off goods as origi­nal or new when they are not;

4. Passing off goods or serv­ices to be of particular standard, quality, grade, style, or model when they are of another;

5. False advertisement;6. Engaging in any actorprac-

tice which is unfair or deceptive to the consumer;

7.Representing that any goods, beverage, drug, or any substance is fit for human con-

sumption, if it is not.8. Representing that a service

is provided by aperson qualified to do the job, when he’s not qualified;

9. Price fixing;10. Stocking merchandise

on shelves or on display without prices;

11. Engaging in automotive sales and services with the intent not to supply parts for a reasona­bly expectable public demand;

12. Increasing prices o f goods, due to shortage of sup­plies as a result of natural disas­ter or any emergency situation. The above is but a small listing of unlawful acts under this law. There are also provisions cover­ing “warranties”, “Forfeiture of Franchise or Corporate Charter”, “Temporary or Permanent In­

junctions”, “Civil and Criminal penalties”, “Authorized Investi­gations, and Issuances of Sub­poenas”, “Private and Class Actions”; etc. etc. The Con­sumer Counsel is authorized by this legislation to promulgate regulations to carry out the pur­poses of this law.

Violations carry stiff penal­ties of fines and or imprison­ment. In addition to actual damages, the court may also award liquidated damages, and attorney’s fees to the aggrieved person who prevails in an action brought before the court.

The Attorney General is ready to appoint the Consumer Coun­sel as soon as the funding for this office is appropriated by the Legislature.

U.S. INS officials see 'hundreds' during CNMI trip last weekBy Dave Hughes

The office was filled . . . the waiting room was filled . . . the hallways were filled . . . and more people kept coming all day Thursday and part of Friday - just to have a few minutes of time from one of two employees of the United States Immigra­tion and Naturalization Service.

For some the news was good, but for others all S (even Wheeler, immigration examiner and his associate, Terese Delgado, could offer was “I’m sorry, it’s just not possible.”

Wheeler said in a Friday after­noon interview when all the crowds had left and the last per­son had been helped that he was not “surprised at the number of people who came. It’s been a while since we have been here. We knew from the number of calls that we had been receiving from here that there was a lot of interest.

“ . . . on a lot of topics,” he said with a sigh.

“I didn’t keep count, but it was several hundred,” he said, of the people who had filed past their desks over the two-day period.

Wheeler said that if budget figures would allow it, “we would like to come to the CNMI once a month” to take care of the needs here.

“But, we just don’t have the money,” he said.

Wheeler said he had an im­portant message to get out to people “whoare U.S. ‘residents’ residing the CNMI.”

He warned these “residents”

(as opposed to “citizens”) that the CNMI “is not deemed to be the United States unless they qualify as ‘immediate rela­tives,”’ when it comes to re­taining the legal status of U.S. “residence.”

In other words, persons who are not citizens, or the legally- defined “immediate relative” of a citizen who have “U.S. resi­dent” status - such as a green card holder with no immediate relative in the Commonwealth, will lose that status if they stay here.

A legal opinion said that if a U.S. citizen was married to an alien with a green card and that U.S. citizen physically left the CNMI and took up residence elsewhere, like Guam, leaving the alien behind permanently then “that alien would be aban­doning their U.S. residency,” Wheeler said.

Another opinion issued last year said that persons attempt­ing to count their time in the CNMI towards U.S. citizenship residence requirements may not do so. However, Wheeler said that ruling does not apply if the person waiting is a bonafide immediate relative of a U.S. citi­zen RESIDING in the CNMI.

One misconception is that some persons think that if they have a dependant child who is a U.S. citizen living with them they can qualify. Wheeler says that is not allowed until the child reaches legal age -21 or older.

That is if an alien woman or man marries a U.S. citizen, and

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Crowds were a part ol Thursday's INS activities on Saipan.for whatever reason the spouse leaves the CNMI permanently (takes up residence elsewhere) - even if still married, the alien loses their right to be a U.S. resident.

One of the most dangerous cases for losing U.S. entry privi­leges is if a U.S. permanent resi­dent married to another U.S. permanent resident comes to Saipan for a job, Wheeler said. “If they don’t meet the qualifica­tion for having an immediate relative here - not their minor children - they would risk aban­doning their residence in the United States.”

He said another misconcep­tion is that an alien can leave the CNMI and go to the U.S. or Guam “once a year then it’s OK to live in a foreign country . . . they are putting themselves in a very dangerous spot as far as their status is concerned.”

Wheeler said he “had several of these type cases come through.”

Despite earlier information that the primary purpose of their trip to the CNMI was to issue CNMI identification cards, Wheeler said “primarily, we had scheduled interviews for natu­ralization eligibility.”

Three of those interviews re­sulted in the persons being sworn in by Federal District Judge Alex Munson as full-fledged U.S. citizens.

One of those taking the oath was CNMI Public Auditor Scott Tan.

Wheeler said that since they were in the Commonwealth they more or less opened the doors and answered whatever ques­tions they could about the NMI identification card and also for

those applying for permanent U.S. residence.

He said that the U.S. INS of­ficials have to be quite specific about the words “permanent”, “U.S.” and “resident”

Confusion about what con­stitutes a CNMI “permanent resident” abound, Wheeler said. Those alien workers or other aliens who have applied for and been granted permanent resident status in the Commonwealth by local authorities are “perma­nent residents o f the CNMI,” as far as the United States in con­cerned, he said.

However, the INS does not issue the local cards, only the CNMI can do that, he said.

That confusion extends to who qualified for what kind of card. Wheeler said that those given permanent resident status may carry the CNMI’s card, but are not automatically eligible for a U.S. card which allows entry to Guam.

“TheNMI identification card, that’s the form 1-777, recognizes those who are U.S. citizens through the Covenant,” he said.

“It’s the kind of thing that can be easily be misunderstood,” he said.

Wheeler emphasized that those who feel they qualify for the NMI card, bom before Nov., 1986 , but doesn’t have a pass­port - should obtain Form 1-777 and complete it before July 1. After that date the forms and cards would not be issued.

Children bom in the NMI af­ter the day the Commonwealth was formed in November, 1986 do not qualify for the NMI card, Wheeler said. They do qualify for a U.S. passport, he said, and canenterGuam using a certified

birth certificate.“A lot o f people misunder­

stood that, they said, “my child was bom here, can’t they get an NMI card?” Wheeler said, “No. because they are U.S. citizens.”

While many of the people packing into the U.S. Attorney’s office on the Horaguchi Building’s third floor said they just wanted forms, Delgado said that “almost all had questions, too.”

Wheeler said he and Delgado, rather than just giving out the forms, tried to be of service to the people and asked questions which many times revealed they wanted different forms, or that they would be wasting time and money filling them out because they don’tqualify for the desired status.

How a person is related to another, their age and marital status are all factors which affect eligibility of persons to be al­lowed sponsorship or immi­gration status, he said.

He said those persons who have qualified for various types of immigration status will have to wait several months for inter­views. Wheeler said that because of short-staffing at the Guam office, persons getting theirfinal papers completed today might have to wait up to seven months before being seen for interviews.

“We hope to reduce this soon,” he said.

The INS executive said the agency also just doesn’t hand out required forms to anyone, or in great quantities, he said U.S. citizens calling, writing or ap­pearing in person at their office in Agana may ask for forms for themselves and others, so long as they are justified.

He urges anyone needing forms to call their office first to determine if they qualify for the form, and if not, what forms to get.

Above all, Wheeler said he appreciated the demeanor of the crowds Thursday and Friday. He said despite the crowded condi­tions everyone was civil and respectful of each other.

“It’s nice to see that,” he said.

TUESDAY-M AY 29,1990 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS - 3

Babauta gets answers on VA questionsHousing loans in limbo because of NMI land lawsAccording to a May 11 letter

to CNMI Gov. Lairy I. Guerrero from Washington Repre­sentative Juan N. Babauta the U.S. Veterans Affairs office has furnished information for Com­monwealth vets.

Babauta was responding to questions CNMI Veterans Af­fairs Officer Ben Guerrero and the Washington Representative had raised in recent meetings with secretary Derwinski in march.

His letter said that “ . . train­ing, civil service preference, SBA loans, réévaluation proc­ess for hospitalization and other benefits are pretty straightfor-

ward.”One problem - the ability of

CNMI vets to get housing loans - is on hold, Babauta said, “be­cause o f the issue of property ownership.”

Lenders hesitate to provide loans because CNMI laws limit land title to indigenous individu­als and does notaddress defaulted home loans.

Babauta said that Derwinski told him that the VA is not going to take a position on the question until the CNMI attorney general issues an opinion.

According to information fur­nished Babauta by David A. Brigham, director of the Veterans

Assistance Service, a special ef­fort will be made during the next visit o f VA officials to Saipan for evening hours.

He encouraged the local vet­erans associations, like American Legion, to let their brothers-in- arms know about the visit.

His letter assured that persons with honorable military service were to be given preference when seeking federal employment

Veterans seeking a preference letter shouldcontact the VA’sHon- olulu offices, he said

There is some ambiguity on Small Business Administration loans. Brigham’s letter said the loans are available only in the

U.S. -defined as the mainland, territories or possessions, the trust territories of the Pacific and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

No mention of the CNMI was made, butanyone with questions regarding the Commonwealth’s SBA status should contact their Washington office, he said.

Vets who have to have phys­icals to support a claim for bene­fits could be eligible for trans­portation costs, he said. The Out- patien tclinic in Honolulu handles these matters, and should be con­tacted directly for more infor-

Washington Representative Juan Babauta

mation.Brigham said VA benefits

were paid to those entitled to them anywhere in the world.

CONSTRUCTION GETS UNDERWAY FOR NEW DPS

HEADQUARTERS IN SUSUPE·

Parking has become a precious com­modity around the court and police com- plexesinSusuperecently. Workmenhave erected fences and are digging founda­tions for the new building. Once com­pleted, thenewDPSbuildimng will more than double present capacity.

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' b a l i k b a y a n ' g o o d i e sMANILA - According to a May 25 report in the Philippine Star

newspaper the special privilege enjoyed by homecoming Filipino contract workers from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or elsewhere abroad (known in the Philippines as “balikbayans”) will still continue to be allowed the right to to bring home appliances and other items has not been suspended or abolished into the Republic.

Port of Manila collector Titus B. Villanueva verified the ruling last week after a report that R.O. Sen. Santanina Rasul had sought the suspension of the customs order for its “impracticality and its being a disincentive to Filipino contract workers.”

The newspaper article said Vilanueva expressed complete agree­ment with the position of the senator that bringing home pasalubong is a time-honored tradition.

So-called balikbayan boxes, he said, are simply being regulated in regard to their entry, their ouantity and their value.

Villanueva said that he prepared the original draft of the guidelines on the release of balikbayan boxes upon instructions of Customs Commissioner Salvador M. Mison after it was found out that certain contract workers, smugglers and unscrupulous businessmen had been abusing the privilege.

Large-scale smuggling of guns, bullets and other goods had been tried through the use of balikbnayan boxes.

It was estimated that the government had been losing more than P60 million yearly in revenues from goods smuggled through the boxes.

Citing Section 106 (f) of the Tariff and Customs Code, Villanueva said that balikbayans are allowed to bring home appliances free of duty and tax up to a maximum value of P10,000. In excess of this, a 60 per cent across-the-board duty will be imposed on one of each kind.

Under Section 105 (h) of the Code, he said, they can also bring without limitations on the quantity, free of duty and tax, items that come from their abode.

Villanueva also noted that overseas Filipinos and returning residents can also buy appliances and other goods, one of each kind, from dutyfree shops in the country.

Purger partner-in-charge of Saipan KPMG officeRelocating from San Francisco to CNMIHip ioteraäonal accounting

hat MWtwyethed admission toШ David J. Burger

the partner-in-

charge o f their Saipan office lo­cated at the Flame Tree Terrace office building.

He has recently relocated to Saipan from the company's San Francisco office, where he was an

audit manager far the past eight­een months. Prior to working in San Francisco, Burger worked in theGuam office from August 1983 until July 1988, and was a resi- dentof Guam since August 1971.

He is acertified public account­ant in the State of California and in the Territory of Guam and holds a bachelor of business admini­stration degree “summa cum laude” from University of Guam.

D A W J. BURGER

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Information provided to leg­islators Friday as part of an in­formation packet stuffed into their individual legislative mailboxes shows that the Shimizu is asking for a 25-year lease on 200 hectares of public land "(plus-or-minus 160 ha, plus ’multiple use’ activities.)" And, they propose to double the minimum rental during the three-year construction period from $120,000 to $240,000.

But, the company wants to pay the other 23 years of land lease payments based on gross revenues, rather than wait until the sixth year - as initially proposed.

Under the Shamizu plan golf course rental fees will be paid to the MPLC, with an in­creased minimum, based on the gross revenues after the third year, as well as a $5 million contribution for the existing Kagman area infrastructure im­provements.

Plus, Shimizu proposed to earmark 25 percent of the de­velopment's management com­pany's profits to benefit local concerns and education.

Most of the financial bene­fits scheduled to accrue to the CNMI are based on what the Shimizu fact sheet calls "management company prof­its," but no formula is provided for determining what these "profits." are, or defines what can be considered as costs to the management company.

If costs equal income, then no "profit” is available for dis­tribution.

Under the "Community ben­efits" section of the informa­tion sheet 20 percent of the MCP (management company profits) will go to the public school system and retirement fund. However, no percentage breakdown of that figure was provided to legislators.

Five percent of the MCP will be made available for local investors through an open pub­lic offer, the sheet says.

An undefined number of "management/director positions for local-descent residents" will be made available under the Shimizu plan.

Under the "concessions" por­tion of the information sheet "Concession contracts for local companies (restaurant, bou­tique, golf equipment, gift shop, ground transportation, security services...," etc would be made available, but no crite­ria or.profit split formula was provided.

Shim izu's fact sheet promises an "underemployed workers program" to benefit the elderly, disabled, students, housewives, day care service; 70 percent local hiring, with Kagman residents being given first priority.

The management company, Not Shimizu itself, would pro­vide training and procurement management positions.

Shimizu,if give lease, will provide a $200,000 one-time grant to PSS, as well as 10 percent of the management company "profits" to PSS.

A one-time grant of $50,000 would go to NMC and then $20,000 per year from "after tax profits" from the manage­ment company.

The company would also send students to NMC .for classes, workshops and certifi­cate programs, according the sheet, but did not say if the "grants" were supposed to pay for these programs, or separate tuition.

^ S h im iz u is offering an "’‘advance payment" of $5 mil­lion "immediately upon leg­islative approval of lease . . " which can be used to for infras­tructure improvements.

That means that if the golf course permits are not ap­proved within a two-year pe-

riod, the CNMI will have to give the money back.

Another " disclaimer would affect the $1.5 million "prepayment" for the Kagman Watershed local matching money and Kagman main road, asphalting. Under the terms of the Shimizu information sheet

-thST " means "advance pay­ment funded by main project impact fee if golf course lease is approved by Legislature."

In other words, that $1.5 million turns from an "advance payment" into being part of the impact fees assessed against the project.

Shimizu also agrees to allow "current market rates" for golf membership of $20 and time preference for "public course," and the right for locals to sell golf equipment, as well as dis­counts to Kagman Resident Association members for other recreational amenities, beach park and recreational improve­ments.

The Japanese development company also promises to pro­cure as much foodstuffs as pos­sible locally.

Various ways to help the in­frastructure are built-into the new Shimizu plan, including the utilization of an old quarry on-site to hold up to 27 mil­lion gallons of excess water runoff for later use.

The development will have its own package sewer plant, using the clean effluent for ir­rigation purposes and to only use groundwater wells if it can not be avoided.

Shimizu promises no impact on the CUC electrical system because they will install their own generation facilities.

Pacific Gardenia has been granted the concession to oper­ate a restaurant on-site, and the Saipan Golfs' Association will be given concession rights for retail sale of equipment under the Shimizu plan.

They also offer to keep the Department of Public Safety's shooting range open, and to possibly add improvements - if they are allowed to let their guests use the facility, too.

Projected figures for the Shimizu scaled-down project shows that over the three-year construction period they will pay a total of $720,000 to the CNMI, then another estimated $455,000 per year (average) over 22 years; $24,000 for KS AI radio antennae and an av­erage of $600,000 in gross re­ceipts taxes.

Shimizu estimates that the total annual rentals, profit shar­ing and gross receipts tax will bring the CNMI $5.94 million - based on the management company making a "profit"

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Tinian students participate in Science lair on Saipan

Ten T in ian high school science students and their sponsor, M rs . Angelyn Baldwin, spent three busy days on Saipan. The students participated in the 3rd annual Marianas Islands Science Fair, took educational field trips and enjoyed some recreational activities as w e ll A t the fa ir in the convention

center on Capito l H i l l the following students won prizes: first prize in physical science

-9 th grade-IkHoon Shin, "A N e w D e s ig n fo r an Electromagnetic Door Lock"; 3rd prizes were awarded to: Cyrus Baldwin, "A New Future fo r the Coconut, A lcohol Production" (chemistry 11th grade); Eleanor Dela Cruz and Ann Shai, "Does Smoking A ffect the Lung Capacity o f Teenagers?" (Health-10 grade); and Jesse Dela Cruz and Belta Rangelinan, "Can A cid Rain Ruin Y o u r Home?" (Earth Science-llth grade).

O ther student participants ; included: L in Y i Cheng, Ray Pangelinan, Ray Taitano, and Robert San Nicolas.A school spokesperson said,

"We are very proud o f a ll our students who worked so hard doing their research projects and building displays. That several won prizes is the icing on the cake, but all participants learn some science, some organizational skills, and some self discipline in the process.” Students took field trips to the

Saipan Cable T V facility and to theDepartment o f Environmental Quality lab to see science and , technology in action. In addition the students joined Marianas High School science students who hosted a bar-be- que and volleyball at the Micro Beach one evening.

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6-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-MAY 29,1990

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Taongi, a jewel in the Mashall Islands

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Two pristine atolls in the Northern Marshall Islands should be designated as National Preservation Areas to protect them from commercial development, according to a report by researchers at the East-W est Center and the South P acific R egional Environm ent Programme (SPREP), according to press release from East-West Center, Hawaii.

The report, prepared for SPREP under a grant from the M acA rthur Foundation, recommends protective status for Taongi, "a jewel in the crown o f Northern Marshall Islands atolls,"about 2,000 southwest o f Honolulu, and Bikar, which has an abundant

population of rare green sea turtles.Lawrence Hamilton, research

associa te in the EWC Environment and Policy Institute, was a member of the joint EWC-SPREP team that made an on-site inspection of Taongi, Bikar and other atolls in the Marshalls.The team said in its recently

completed report that Taongi is "possibly the only example of a completely natural, unaltered, semi-arid atoll ecosystem remaining in the world today. "The researchers said possible resort development of Taongi, which would require extensive blasting, would "destroy the unique, perched lagoon and stepped reef system" and have

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devastating e ffe c ts on the "m agnificently abundant populations o f seabirds and marine species" occupying the atoll.

The EWC-SPREP team said Taongi and Bikar, which is about 200 miles south of Taongi, should be protected from any type o f developement by designating them as National Preservation Areas. Only scientists or other authorized persons would be permitted to visit the atolls.

The Marshall Islands government is awaiting results of environmental impact studies on the atolls before p ro ceed in g w ith any development proposals.The EWC-SPREP team said

one proposal was to "develop a resort h o te l com p lex 'somewhere' in the Radak chain (of which Taongi is a part) by a combination o f anchoring a floating hotel in a lagoon plus increasing land area by coral reef dredging and creation of fill for golf courses and supporting infrastracture."

"Taongi should not be considered as a candidate site, "the team said.

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DEATH & FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT

R A M O N ( R a y ) T O R R E S T U D E L AS A N J O S E

S A I P A NPassed aw ay Sunday morning, M ay 27th , 1990 at the age of 43 .

H e is survived by his wife, Rem edio Castro Bermudes, and four children; Edwin, Lucretia, Lysander, and Jaim e;hisbrother Jose Torres Tudela and sister Rosa Tudela C abrera.

Additionally survived by his father-in-law Joaquin Dig. Bermudes; Aunties and Uncles; Josepha Arriola Torres, M aria Torres & Jose Quitano, Francisca W esley Torres, A na Tudela & Carlos Arriola Torres, M aria Pangelinan & Francisco Borja Tudela, Jose Borja Tudela, C arm en Tudela & Gus Flores, Livia Tudela & Less C aro th ers -o l K entucky, Torcu ato Borja Tud e la . Escolastica Tudela & Gregorio C. Cabrera.

He is survived by his G rand Aunt; Ignacia C abrera Arriola (N an- Acha).

P redeceased by his Parents; Teresa Arriola Torres and Isidoro Borja Tudela.Predeceased by his Mother-in-law; Adela Castro Berm udes. Predeceased by his Aunties and Uncles: Nan-Chilang (Kato) Torres Borja and Torcuato Salas Borja, Sister Carlos Marie (Dolores Arriola Torres), Ana Iglecias & Francisco (Tan-ko) Arriola Torres, Dolores Tudela & Sebastian T. Cam acho and M anuel Borja Tudela.

Additionally survived by numerous Uncles and Aunts and Cousins.

Holy Rosary is being said at their residence, San Jose (O leai) across from Saipan C able T V Main Office, at noon and 8:00 p.m. daily.

Last respect m ay be paid at their residence and at San Jose Church, San Jose (O leai) on M onday, June 04th, followed by holy m ass and burial at the Chalan K anoa Catholic Cem etery.

Your prayers for our beloved father are greatly appreciated.

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' l a p s e ' in h o s p ita l i tyRelated to Pago 1 S eattle otory

Gov. Lorenzo I. Guerrero told the SeattleTimeseditorin a May 18 letter that he apologized to the paper and its reporter, Tom- Brown “ . . .for our apparent failure to extend our customary hospitality.”

The governor congratulated the paper and Brown for his Pacific Rim” section article. “In the time available, Mr. Brown was able to identify practically every contemporary problem challenging our people and government.”

Brown was congratulated on the thoroughness of his research and the “graphic nature” in which he presented our headaches, the governor wrote.

“It is clear from the Northern Marianas article that someone failed to take Mr. Brown under his wing and introduce the re­porter to the positive aspects of life in these islands. The fault is ours. We’re famousforour warm hospitality. In this case, we must have let down,” he wrote.

Guerrero said that “You can be sure that Mr. Brown won’t escape our hospitality the next time around. If we can do our job in that regard, perhaps Mr. Brown’s viewpoint will be broadened to include a descrip­tion of some of the nicer things about life in our islands.”

Other members of the gover­nor’s staff and administration were not as civil as their boss. All had a lot to say about Brown’s article, including their feelings he had only one side of the pic­ture.

No one wanted to go “on the record” and vent their feelings, however.

Pete A. lobbies for ShimizuFrom Page 1

lawmakers have “full informa­tion” on the project “ . . . and most importantly, its long-term impact on the economic devel­opment of our islands and why its presence on public land is to the advantage of all parties.”

He said the company has employed an “outreach team” to get the word out on the proposed project’s benefits to the CNMI as a whole.

If the measure is considered, Tenorio asked the lawmakers to allow him to attend committee sessions, or a Committee of the Whole. “At the same time we would appreciate if members of the House would be happy to join us in informally discussing the project at their convenience. We will communicate with the individual members about this.”

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1 ACCOUNTANT - College graduaic. Salary: $500.00 per month.4 WAITRESSES - High school equivalent. Salary: $2.15 per hour. Contact: JTG ENTERTAINMENT & PROMOTION dba Saipan Bowling Center, P.O. Box 29, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.___________________1 ACCOUNTANT - College graduate,2 years experience. Salary: $3.41 per hour.Contact: MARIANAS OCEAN ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. Box 353 CHRB, Saipan. MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 OFFICE MANAGER - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $5.00 per hour.Contact: JUAN T. LIZAMA dba Law Office of Juan T. Lizama, P.O. Box 1508, Saipan. MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 RESTAURANT MANAGER-High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.75 per hour.1 STORE MANAGER1 RESTAURANT ASST. MANAGER2 COOKS -High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.50 per hour.2 ASSISTANT COOKS -High school B graduale.2yrs. experience. Sal ary:$2.20 per hour.2 MAINTENANCE WORKER 2 COOK HELPER 10. WAITRESSES 5 WAITERS2 BARTENDER -High school graduate.2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour. Contact: UNIVERSAL MOTORS, INC. dba TOP SIDE CAFE & RESTAURANT,P.O. Box 1540,Saipan, MP 96950 (6/5)T/

1 ACCOUNTANT - High school grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $4.00 per hour.1 COOK - High school graduate. Salary: $2.78 per hour.2 WAITERS - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $700.00 per month.Contact: PACIFIC GARDENIA HOTEL, P.O. Box 144, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 (REST. FOOD & BEVERAGE) MANAGER - College graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.50 per hour. Contact: PUSSYCAT, INC. dba Pussycat Club & Disco, Caller Box PPP 340, Saipan. MP 96950. (5/29)T.__________________________1 MANAGER- College graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$10.00-13.00 per hour.1 ASST. MANAGER- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$9.00-10.00 per hour. Contact:MIZUNO RESORT SAIPAN CO. LTD. dba MARV SPORTS CLUB. P.O. Box 152 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950.6/5(T)._________________

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1 ACCOUNTANT - College graduate. 2yrs. experience. Salary:$500permonth. Contact: AUSAKO'S TRADING CO., LTD., P.O. BOX 2273, SAIPAN, MP 96950 (6/5)T.2 ACCOUNTANT - College graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $500 pcrmonth1 AUTO PAINTER -High school equivalent 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $500 per month.2 CARPENTERS3 MASONS - High school equivalent 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $1.75 per hour. Contact: WILLIAM S. TORRES dba W.S.T. ENT., P.O. Box 32, Saipan, MP 96950 (6/5)T.1 (TOUR GUIDE) MANAGER - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.50 to $8.00 per hour.2 TRAVEL AGENT - High school grad., 2 years experience. Salary: $2.50 per hour.Contact: KOREANA TOURISM, INC. dba Koreana Tours Bureau, P.O. Box 2462, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 ACCOUNTANT - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.50 per hour.Contact: EVERBRIGHT ENTERP- PRISES dba AA Auto, Mechanical & Electrical Repair Shop, P.O. Box 2317, Saipan. MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 ASST. MANAGER - College graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $500.00 per month.Contact: WILLIAM A. FLORES dba Carpet Store, P.O. Box 144, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 MARKETING MANAGER College graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $450.00-$600.00 per month.4 FIBERGLASS TECHNICIAN (Fiberglass Laminator) - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.1 ACCOUNTANT - College graduate,2 years experience. Salary: $450.00 per month.1 MECHANIC - High school graduate. Salary: $2.15 per hour.1 MASON 1 CARPENTER- High school equivalent, 2 years experience. Salary: $1.75 per hour. Contact: ROLAND JOHNSON dba Micronesian Marine, P.O. Box 1610, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 MANAGER - College graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $1,000.00 per month.Contact: ISLAND SAIPAN INVEST­MENT, INC., P.O. Box 2240, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.

1 OFFICE MANAGER-High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$500-1000 per month. Contacf.JONIS BAKEHOUSE & SNACK BAR INC. Caller Box PPP 366, Saipan, MP 96950.6/5(T.)

CONSTRUCTIONWORKERS

1 ELECTRICIAN-High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$1.80pcr hour 1 CARPENTER- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$l .80 per hour.3 MASONS- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$1.70-2.00 pcrhour.Contact:MARIA C. ARIZALA dba Systems Services Co. P.O.Box 752, Saipan, MP 96950.6/5(T.)1 CARPENTER - High school equivalent, 2 years experience. Salary : $2.10 per hour.1 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC- High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.55 per hour.1 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR- High school equivalent, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.75 per hour. Contact: BLACK-MICRO CORPO­RATION, P.O. Box 545, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T. _____________

experience. Salary :$750 per month]1 PLUMBER-High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$ 1.85-2.00 per hour.1 COOK- High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$600.00 per month.7 CARPENTERS- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$1.65-2.25 per hour.8 MASONS-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$ 1.65-2.00 per hour.1 ARCHITECT- College graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$650-700 per month.Contact.-ELEPAHANT CORPORATION dba Top Construction. P.O.Box 673, Saipan,MP96950.6/5(T)_________________10 PAINTERS 10 H.E.OPERATORS -High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$2.15 per hour.15 STEELMEN 15 PLUMBERS 90 MASONS 50 CARPENTERS-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$l .75-2.15 per hour.1 SUPERVISOR, STORE- High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$450-500 per month. Contact-.SOUD BUILDERS.P.O.Box 61, Saipan. MP 96950.6/5(T)4 PAINTERS - High school graduate,2 years experience. Salary: $2.50 per hour.8 CARPENTERS - High school equivalent. Salary: $2.75 per hour. Contact: SYNERGY INTERNATION­AL. INC., Caller Box PPP 180, Saipan. MP 96950. (5/29) T.________

1 CARPENTER 1 ELECTRICIAN- High school equivalent, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.00 per hour.1 TRUCK DRIVER - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.25 per hour.Contact: C & H SAIPAN, INC. dba A-Z Construction, P.O. Box 1608, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 PLUMBER1 ELECTRICIAN- High school graduate. Salary: $1.75

per hour.2 CARPENTERS - High school graduate. Salary: $1.75-52.15 pcrhour. Contact: ELPHIDIA S. KASE, P.O. Box 264, Saipan. MP 96950. (5/29) T.4 ELECTRICIANS 4STEELMAN5 PAINTERS 5 PLUMBERS 10 MASONS10 CARPENTERS- High school equivalent. Salary: $1.75-$2.15 per hour.4 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS - High school equivalent. Salary: $ ESO­SI.75 per hour.Contact: N.C. GODINO CON­STRUCTION, P.O. Box 2240, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.______________

ENTERTAINERS5 BARTENDERS - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $600.00 per month.1 SUPERVISOR - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $750.00 per month.5 DANCERS - High school graduate,2 years experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.Contact: MASUDA CORPORATION dba Himitzu Karaoke Club, Caller Box PPP 412, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.

2 WAITRESSES- High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$2.15 pcrhour. Contact:H.O.LEE INC. dba Chung Ilwa Restaurant.6/SfD

10 DANCERS 10 WAITRESSES- High school equivalent Salary: $2.15 pcrhour.Contact: LEE CORPORATION dba Arizona Night Club. P.O. Box 2451, Saipan. MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 WAITRESS-High school equivalent.2 yrs. experience. Salary:$2.15 per hour.Contact:ASIANA CORPORATION dba Harubang Restaurant Caller Box PPP 642, Saipan. MP 96950.6/5(T.)

DOMESTICHELPERS

5 HOUSE CLEANERS - High school equivalent, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.Contact: MARIANAS SUNRISE ENT., INC. dba Remington Restaurant6 Pension, P.O. Box 1719, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T._______________

ARCHITECTSENGINEERS

5 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER 5 MECHANICALENGINEER -College graduate. 4 yrs. experience. Salary: $900- $1,000 per month 5 (Electrical)DRAFTER 5 (Mechanical) DRAFTER -High school graduate. 2y rs. experience. Salary: $600- $700 per month.Contact: ENGINEERINGMANAGEMENT & CONSULTING CO. (CNMI), INC. dba EMC2 (CNMI), Caller BoxPPP 149, Saipan, MP 96950 ( 6 / 5 ) T . ___________________

MECHANICSTECHNICIANS

4 AUTO BODY REPAIRER- High school equivalent 2 yrs. experience. Salary $450.00 per month.Contact: W.S.T. ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 32. Saipan. MP 96950 (6/5)T.

MISCELLANEOUS1 SUPERVISOR, GARDEN- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary :$4.00-5.00 per hour.1 CHIEF STEWARD- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$900-1100 per month.1 CHEF DE PARTIE- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$3.45-4.50 per hour.1 A/C REF. MAINTENANCE MECHANIC-High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$3.00-4.00 per hour.C ontact: E .I.E . SA IPANCORPORATION dba Hyatt Regency Saipan. P.O.Box 87 CHRB. Saipan. MP 96950.6/5(T.)

2 ASST. SURVEYORS- College graduate. 4 yrs. experience.Salary :$600-700 per month.2 CARTOGRAPHERS- High school graduaic. 3 yrs. experience.Salary:$500-600 per month.2 SURVEY AIDES- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience.Salary:$450-500 per month. Contact:JESUS LG. TAKAI dba TAKAI & ASSOCIATES.P.O. Box 263, Saipan, MP 96950.6/5(T)

5 HOUSEKEEPING -High school equivalent 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.1 OFFICE MANAGER -High, school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $500.00 per month.Contact: ANTONIO ALDAN REYES dba FILCHAM ENTERPRISES, Caller Box PPP 381, Saipan. MP 96950(6/5)T.

1 PHOTO TYPESETTER - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.50 per hour.1 PRESS OPERATOR - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.88 per hour.1 PRESS OPERATOR - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.64 per hour.Contact: YOUNIS ART STUDIO, INC. dba Marianas Variety News & Views, P.O. Box 231, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/25) F.

2 COOKS2 OVERHAULERS 10 PACKERS40 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR 5 IRON WORKERS 5 CUTTERS3 EMBROIDERY MACHINE OPERATOR3 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT- High school equivalent. Salary: $2.15-S3.00 per hour.2 ACCOUNTANT2 ASST. MANAGER- College graduate, 2 yean experience. Salary: $2.50-$4.00 per hour.3 SUPERVISORS - High school graduate. Salary: $2.50-$5.00 per hour. 2 FACTORY SUPERVISORS - High school graduate. Salary: $1,700.00- $2,000.00 per month.2 MANAGER - College graduate. Salary: $1,700.00-$2,000.00 per month.Contact: MICHIGAN INCORPORAT­ED, P.O. Box 2682, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 SUPERVISOR (FLOOR) - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $450.00-$ 1,000.00 per month.9 WAITRESSES 1 COOK- High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.1 CASHIER - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $1.50-52.15 per hour.1 GENERAL MANAGER - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $500.00-$ 1,000.00 per month. Contact: AMERICAN VETERANS POST (SAIPAN). INC., Caller Box PPP 642, Saipan. MP 96950. (5/29) T.__________________________1 HEAVY EQU1PMENTOPERATOR3 SINGERS- High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15-3.00 per hour2 BEAUTICIANS8 WAITRESSES -High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 pcrhour.Contact: FRANK P. VILLAGOMEZ dba FVP ENTERPRISES. P.O. Box 942. Saipan, MP 96950 (6/5)T.___________1 SUPERVISOR. JOB SITE-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$ 1000 per month.1 COOK- High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$700 per month.Contact:BAIK HONG SIK dba Asia Pacific Overseas, Inc. P.O. Box 2576, Saipan. MP 96950.6/5(T.)

2 DIVING INSTRUCTOR -High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $4.00 per hour.Contact: ISIDRO LIZAMA dba SAIPAN TROLLING & MAN AG AH A TRANSPORT, P.O. Box 2364, Saipan.MP 96950 (5/29)F.________________1COOK 1 BARTENDER- High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $3.25 per hour. Contact: L & W AMUSEMENT CORP. dba Leris Bar & Restaurant, P.O. Box 81 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/25) F.

1 TIRE REPAIRER-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Sdary:$2.15 per hour. C o n t a c t : S U N Y O U N G CORPORATION P.O Box 673 CK, Saipan. MP 96950.6/5(T.)

10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-MAY 29,1990

M IS C E L L A N E O U S3 (CARPET INSTALLER) LAYER High school graduate, 3-5 years experience. Salary; $3.00 per hour. Contact: RMS CARPETING, Caller Box PPP 647, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 SPORTS INSTRUCTOR - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $1,250.00 per month'.Contact:· MACRO ENERGY, INC., P.O. Box 219 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 BAKER2 WAITERS- High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.47 per hour.1 ACCOUNTANT - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $2.72 per hour.2 COOK - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $539.00 per month.1 (FRONT DESK) MANAGER - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $720.00 per month.1 COOK - High school graduate, 2 years experience. Salary: $4.60 per hour.Contact: PACIFIC GARDENIA HOTEL, P.O. Box 144, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 PARALEGAL ASSISTANT 1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

- High school graduate, 1 year experience. Salary: $500.00 per month. Contact: SALAS, GEBHARDT & MANIBUSAN, Atty. at Law, Saipan, MP 96950. (5/29) T.1 ELECTRICIAN (Leadman) -College graduate. 5 y ri. experience. Salary: $2.40 per hour.Contact: SHINRYO CORPORATION, P.O. Be* 2484, Saipan, MP 96950 (6/S)ET. -_____________________1 TEACHERJ5AY CARE CENTER2 TEACHER AIDE, CHILD CARE CENTER-High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:S2.15 per hour. Conlact:MARIA B. CEPEDA dba Monlessori Children's Center. P.O.Box 2458. Saipan. MP 96950.6/5(T.)1 SUPERVISOR, PRODUCTION- High school graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salaty:S2.50 per hour. Conucf.ONWEL MANUFACTURING (SAIPAN) LTD. P.O.Box 711, Saipan, MP 96950.6/5(T)1 FINANCIAL COMPTROLLER- College graduate. 60 mos. experience. Salaiy:S30,000 per annum.Contact ¡UNITED MICRONESIA DEVELOPMENT ASS'N. INC. P.O.Box 235 CHRB, Saipan, MP: 96950.6/5(T)______________________

1 COOK - High school graduate, 3 years experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.Contact: YU AND U ENT., P.O. Box 2551. Saipan. MP 96950. (5/25) F.

1 ARCHITECT1 CIVIL ENGINEER -College gradu­ate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: S500.- $600. per month.1 STEELMAN4 CARPENTERS 4 MASON2 PLUMBER2 ELECTRICIAN-High school gradu­ate or equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $1.90 per hour.Contact: RAYMUNDO BICAS dba GREEN ACRES DEVELOPERS, P.O. Box 2082, Saipan, MP 96950 (6/12)T

1 ACCOUNTANT-College graduate. 2 yn. experience. Salary: $600-$800 per month.2 PAINTER (Construction)-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1.75-$2.15 per hour.2 CONSTRUCnONWORKER -High school equivalent 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $1.50-1.75 per hour.Contact: NORTH PACIFIC BUILD­ERS, P.O. Box 1031, Saipan, MP 96950 (6/12)T.

1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - High school graduate. 2 yrs, experience. Salary: $3.50 per hour.1 HOUSEKEEPER -High school equivalent 2 yrs experience. Salary: $2/ 15 per hour.Contact:LEON H. LIZAMA dba SAIPAN-ASIA REAL ESTATE, P.O. Bo^Π150llSaiganl ^ffl96950J6^Tl·_2 W AITRESSES-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$2J5 per hour. ContactPACIFIC SEOUL CORP. dba Koreana Retaurant P.O.Box 968, Saipan, MP 96950.6/12(T).

1 LEGAL ASSISTANT-College graduate. 2 yrs. experience. Salary 51500 per month. Contact:WISEMAN & EASON LAW OFFICE. P.O.Box 404, Saipan, MP 96950. 6/12(T).

1 MASON-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$2.50-3.00 per hour.ContactDILUNGHAM CONSTRUCTION dba Hawaiian Rock Products. Caller Box PPP-139, Saipan, MP 969S0.6/12(T.)

10 Q U A L IT Y CONTROLCHECKERS15 S E WI NG MACHI N EOPERATORS01 CUTTER.MACHINE-High school equivalent. 2 yrs.experience. Salary :$2.15-4.50 per hour.1 SUPERVISOR-High school graduate.2 yrs. experience. Salary:$2300-3500 per month.ComactNEW STAR CORP. P.O.Box 1749, Saipan, MP 96950.6/12(T).

1 PLUMBER 1 MASON 1 CARPENTER-H igh school equivalent. 2 yrs.experience. Salary:SZ00 per hour. Contact.NESTOR S. VALENCIA dba V&M Ent P.O.Box 2630, Saipan, MP 96950.6/12(T)

3 H.E. OPERATORS-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:2.15 per hour.1 MECHANIC, AUTO-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$500 per month.Contact:AA ENTERPRISES dba Tanapag Service Station. P.O.Box 1880, Saipan, MP 96950.6/12(T).

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1 WATTRESS-High school equivalent2 yrs. experience. Salary:$2.15 per hour.ContactMASUDA CORPORATION dba Himitzu karaoke Club. Caller Bax PPP-412, Saipan, MP 96950.6/12(T.)

1 COOK-High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary ̂ 2.15 per hour. ContactMICRO ASEAN CORP. dba Manilena Fast Food Center. Caller Box PPP-608, Saipan, MP 96950(T.)

I MASON-High school equivalent 2 yrs. experience. Salary :$ 1.70 per hour. ContactPACIFIC ENGINEERING & CONSTN. INC. P.O.Box 2172, Saipan, MP 96950.6/12(T.)

1 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-High school equivalent. 2 yrs.experience. Salarjc$900 per month. Contact:$DORIS S. NUIQUE.P.O. Box 2713, Saipan, MP 96950.6/12(T.)

2 DIVING INSTRUCTORS-High school equivalent. 2 yrs.experience. Salary:$850 per month.Contact:MARIANAS SUNRISE ENT. INC. dba MSE DivingJ>.O.Box 1719, Saipan, MP 96950.6/12(T.)

1 COOK1 AUTO ELECTRICIAN -High school equivalent. 2 yrs. experience. Salary:$2.15 per hour. Contact JNOUE ENTERPRISES INC. P.O. Box 1998, Saipan, MP 96950.6/12(T.)

PUBLIC NOTICEIn the Superior Court ot

the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

CIVIL ACTION N0.90-413

In the Matter of the Estate ofMARIA CONCEPCION BLAS

Date of Death 2/17/85

Notice of Hearing Notice is hereby given that Jose C. Salas has filed herein a Petition for Probate of Will, and that a hearing will be conducted on June 18,1990 at 1:30 p.m. at the Superior Court fo r the C om m onw ealth of the Northern Marina Islands,

/s/ Dep. Clerk of the Superior Court

W A R E H O U S E S P A C E F O R R E N T

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Wanted: RAKER HELPERApply in person at theOVEN SHOP

Beach Road, Garapan.For more information, call Tel. 234-7961

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAISThe Northern Marianas College is soliciting competeti ve sealed proposals for SECURITY SERVICES at As Terlaje’ Campus. Saipan. The . proposals are to be submitted to the office of the Vice President for Administration on or before June 8 ,1990 until 4:00 p.m.

The Northern Marianas College reserve the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any defect in the proposals in the interest of the institution.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSTH E NORTHERN MARIANAS CO LLEG E IS SO LI­C IT ING CO MPETETIVE SEALED PROPOSALS FOR G R O UP MAINTENANCE AT AS TER LAJE CAM ­PU S, S A IP A N . TH E PR O PO SALS AR E TO BE SU BM ITTED TO THE O FFICE O F THE VICE PRESI­DENT FOR ADM INISTRATION ON OR BEFORE JUN E 8, 1990 UNTIL 4:00 P.M.

THE NORTHERN MARIANAS CO LLEGE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT A N Y OR ALL PROPOSALS AND TO W AIVE AN Y DEFECT IN THE PROPOSALS IN THE INTEREST OF THE INSTITUTION

P U B L I C N O T I C E O N R O A D C U T T I N G

The Department of Public Works wish to inform the public to comply with the requirements of Public Law 5-41, House Bill No. 5-190, H.D.I., Sections 4923 and 4924, which requires that "No person shall cut or trench into a road or within the right-of-way without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Public Works".

Penalties; Any person who violates the rules and regulations govern­ing road cutting is subject to a civil fine not to exceed $5,000.00 for each violation. Any person who violates these regulations shall be subject to a civil penalty of $250.00 per day, but not less than $150.00 per day.

The government regulations and requirements pertaining to road cutting and trenching along the road must be strickly complied with.

/S /NICK C. SABLAN Director of Public Works Date: M ay 24,1990

TUESDAY - MAY 29,1990 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS - 1 1

Seattle paper says CNMI breezes 'reek' of moneyFrom Page 1

Brown’s lead article in the spe­cial section and the tone of the entire piece was tipped off in his first sentence:

“SAIPAN - Northern Mariana Islands - The balmy night breezes on America’s least-known tropi­cal paradise bear not the scent of flowers but o f . . . raw sewage.”

Using a double-meaning, Brown said that the “sultry air reeks.. “ but that the in the CNMI the smell was that of money.

During the next few paragraphs Brown tells his Seattle readers how the development boom has instilled a get-rich-quick mental­ity in the CNMI, and how “ . . .foreign laborers sew ‘Made inU.S .A.’ clothing for Americans .

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“The boom has been fueled by Saipan’s location,” Brown writes. He said the CNMI was a three- hour plane ride from Japan “ and has a tax structure “among the world’s low est. . ”

The reporter chronicled how the land boom has made “million­aires of many island landowners and created a gold-rush atmos­phere.”

He described the Common­wealth as “ . . . a little chink or Tokyo or Osaka plunked down in the mid-Pacific.”

Brown was critical of islanders who made a lot of money in the land boom, saying they “ . . . spent the money as fast as they made it and now have neither money nor land.” He also chronicled how Chamorro and Carolinian fami­lies and their traditional values were being eroded because of escalating land worths.

The Commonwealth’s influx of alien workers to help in its devel­opment was creating problem for the CNMI’s health facilities and infrastructure, Brown told his readers. He quoted one unnamed

critic as saying the hiring o f alien workers for less than U.S. wages as “brown slavery.”

Many quotes from unnamed sources were used throughout the article, including one which al­leged that contract workers were sometimes being charged as much as $ 1 per hour for housing. Brown made light of the fact that these workers were also being made to pay for their food by employers - up to $50 per month.

‘The cost of living in the Mari­anas is higher than in Seattle,” he said..

Yet, Brown didn’t include in his article thatSeattledoesn’thave to import its goods by more costly ship or air.

“‘Right now were developing a combination of Hong Kong and Tijuana (Mexico),”’ Govendo was quoted as saying.

Brown characterized theactivist attorney as “a 14-year-resident who routinely - and so far, unsuc­cessfully - sues to block new development projects.”

Problems with Saipan’s in­frastructure received a lot of Brown’s attention in the story, he said that “Garapan, the business and residential district near most of the luxury hotels, gets only about an hour of brackish water a day.” He said “ . . . bottled water costs about $1.50 a gallon at the supermarket.”

He did not compare the price of the same water in Seattle, or docu­ment the fact most of the island’s people buy drinking water from several local firms at prices rang­ing from 30-50 cents per gallon.

Brown decried the fact Saipan has no airport control tower at the international airport “ . . . where six-seat Pipe Apaches . . . com­pete with Boeing 747-400s jammed with Japanese tourists.

Those airolanes are manufac-

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education f a your children? Are you serious about your children studying under a good studying environment accom panied by strict disipline. Are you serious about your children's welfare, about their getting further edu­cation? tf you feel like just SCREAMING-

-then do something a b o u t it! Send your children to take the CTBS Entrance Exam on June 9,1990. Send them to Marianas Baptist A ca d e m y a t 7:30 A.M. with $10.00 test fe e and a lunch, and then plan to pick them up a t 2:00 P.M. Your ch ildren cou ld even buy warm lunch a t our school fo r $3. Hope to see you there! For more inform ation. Call 234-6508.

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lured in the Seattle area.If Brown had done his home­

work he would have found that the CNMI has been lobbying the United States for years to get a tower, but it is they who have refused to pay for it.

The Seattle Times reporter said traffic was a real problem on Saipan and the main thoroughfare was “ . . . a two-lane strip of asphalt called Beach Road.. and Saipan has yet to get its first traf­fic light.”

Beach Road, through most of its length, is three lanes wide.

Chamber o f Commerce ex­ecutive director Gabe Boyer was interviewed and quoted as saying pollution “was a major concern” “An outbreak of typhoid of chol­era ‘would probably kill tourism overnight,’” he was quoted as saying.

Gov. Larry I. Guerrero made some special Saturday time avail­able for Brown, public in­formation officer Frank Rosario said, and the governor was quoted

as saying that while he was “ . . . concerned about the sewage situ­ation, he didn’t consider it a cri­sis. . . “

Brown said in the next para­graph that the governor had “ .. .proposed a solution: He wants Congress to appropriate $15.9 million to pay for a new sewage system.”

The Times reporter did no historical background on why Saipan had deteriorating infras­tructure, or the role the Trust Territory government had played in the “development” of the is­lands.

No mention was made that most of the island’s infrastruc­ture was still using pre-war pip­ing and tanks because the TT put lim ited funding into in­frastructure development.

Nor, did he compare the Commonwealth’s growth to that of Guam - another American is­lands not 110 miles from Saipan.

The ongoing controversy on Saipan about garment factories

was aired in the Seattle paper. Boyer was quoted as say ing “what economic benefit are we getting? I don’t see much when compared with hotels.”

Northern Marianas College President Agnes McPheteres told Brown that locals “ . . . want the garment factories out.”

She is also quoted by Brown as saying there needs to be a morato­rium on development to give the islands time to sort out their fu­ture. “I think there has been enough development. What we need is a plan to re-direct what we’ve goL We need to take a strong stand and stop things until we have a plan for what kind of de­velopment we want - and for who.”

Brown quoted a Guerrero ad­ministration “official who spoke on condition of not being identi­fied” as saying that “Pretty soon we are going to be tenants on our own island. We’ll be renting from the Japanese and otherpeople with money.”

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1 2 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS -TUESDAY - MAY 2 9 ,1?90

Legislators approve su pplem en tal b u d g et SaturdayFrom Pagel

Some of the new measure’s changes include;• Inclusion o f the newly-iden­

tified available funds.• Section 6(c) was amended to

allow the governor and It. gov­ernor “flexibility” in repro­gramming some funds.

• Section 6 also added language to appropriate $50,000 to the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs fix' the renovation o f a San Antonio basketball court

• Funding for Rota’s Chenchun Park was reduced from $75,000 to $50,000 because of what the conference com­mittee said was a “clerical error.”

• $300,000 was added to the governor’s road fund and was thenreprogrammedforRota’s Songsong Village waterline improvement project. Origi­nally, the same $300,000 was snatched from the $1,000,000 governor’s road fund for the same purpose.Lawmakers agreed that if any

money was left over from the funds identified from the alien worker fee fund that it would be returned to that budget line item. They said such an action was necessary to make the measure constitutional.

Passage of the measure was not smooth. Senator Juan Torres told his fellow lawmakers that he was unhappy with the general language of the measure in some areas.

He said that language in Sec­tion three should be tightened up. Tones said that money ap­propriated for the Trustee Ter­mination Task Force - which recently appeared before the United Nations in New York City- “ . . . shouldn’t be used for big parties. . “

Other lawmakers were not happy that island mayors were being given discretion of how to spend some funding, specifically Rota Mayor Prudencio Man- glona. Under the approved

budget, he, not the Common­wealth Utilities Commission, would decided how to spend $300,000 for water line renova­tion work.

Undo· the new budget figures the various government stand- alone corporations were given the following guidelines:

CUC will have 257 full time employees, with a budget of $3.5 miUionforpersonneland$21.938 for operations - a $25.454 million total budget in Fiscal Year 1990.

MVB will have 50 FTE’s with no money budgeted for salaries and $268,000 budgeted for op­erations.

MIHA’s 22 employees will receive a total of $541,300 and $1.019 million for operations.

MPLC will have 15 employees with a $492,201 budget and $209,736 for operations.

No money is budgeted for MPLT.

Commonwealth Ports Au­thority is budgeted for 112FTE’s, with $2.255 million in salary costs and $1.327 million in operations costs.

Commonwealth Development Authority is budgeted for 16 FTE’s and $538,900 in personnel costs and an operating budget of $523,900.

Northern Marianas Retirement Fund is budgeted for 14 employ­ees, making a total of $372,800. Operations on the agency is set at $9.182 million.

Totals, according to the sup­plemental appropriations budget are 486 FTE’s; a total o f $7,716,523 for personnel, $34,470,815 for operations and a “grand total" of $42,187,338.

Other stipulations made in the compromise budget measure in­clude:* Giving the baseball league

president discretion to expend up to $ 10,000 of the amount of money appropriated to the pro­gram to make insurance pay­ments, buy equipment andother supplies.

• Allowing S50.000 to be re­programmed from certain funds to open and operate a solid waste disposal site (Marpi

landfill area.)• Allows the governor and It.

governor to re-program mo­nies under their budget codes 4219 tobeusedforrecruitment of personnel services in such areas as salaries, housing, travel, per-diem and trans­portation. ■

• “Increases” in teachers’ pay made it through the confer­ence committee, but the way it’s worded only allowed a 10 percent hike for “bona fide classroom teachers,’ and the raise must come from monies remaining from not filling new or other lapsed positions within the Public School Sys­tem.Commissioner of Education

Elizabeth Rechebei has already said that the money appropri­ated by the Legislature for teacher salaries is not enough as is.

A similar provision for pro­viding raises for police and fire personnel from the money ap­propriated for unfilled positions was allowed to remain in the final version.• Language was added to the

supplemental budget which gave island mayors the au­thority to approve money for various public projects. This money would also come from unspent appropriations for po­sitions not filled.

• Also making it through the com prom ise round was $25,000 for renovation of the CNMI Supreme Court office facility in the Nauru Building.

• $32,000 was budgeted for the Division of Animal Health and Industry to buy vehicles. Newly-identified funds- from

the Nonresident worker fee fund was earmarked thusly:• $125,000 to the Micronesian

Games Committee. If any money is left over at the end of 1990 it will have to go back into the fee’s fund.

• $150,000 each for Rota and Tinian to be used for public school projects. The Com­missioner of Education and

the respective mayors will have to agree on how the money is used.

• $200,000 for the Department of Commerce - in addition to the $60 ,000 already ap­propriated - and will be used for personnel expenditures.

• $500,000toPSStobeusedfor;V $200,000 for recruitment

and repatriationV $280,000 school bussesV $20,000 repairs and main­

tenance.• $200,000 to the Northern

Marianas College for appren­ticeship, vocational and trade training programs by the col­lege.

• $30,715 to the It. governor’s office for solid waste im­provement.According to work sheets pro­

vided by the conference com­mittee the following was also approved, but not mentioned in the administrative section of the bill;« The governor’s office receives

an additional $100,100 for personnel costs and $699,900 for operations - making a total Fiscal Year budget of $6.565 million.

« The attorney general’s office will receive another $105,100 for personnel and $12,900 for operations - making a FY 90 total o f $1.903 million.

« Community and Cultural Af­fairs will lose $200,000 from its initial budget, but under the supplemental budget will get $138,300 for personnel and $ 11,700 more for operations - making a FY total of $1.335 million

« Department of Finance will lose $304,700 from it’s initial budget and receive $30,000 more for operations, making a FY 90 total of $5.385 million. The additional funding within

the administration department allows for a total of 23 new full time employees in the various divisions, including three for the governor, six fortheA.G., 14 for the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs.

Under the supplemental ap­

propriations measure Rota’s mayor will get funding for four new employees at $31,273, an additional $228,727 for opera­tions - making a total FY 90 budget of $1.431 million.

The municipal council there will receive approval for seven new employees, but no funding for them.

Community and Cultural Af­fairs on Rota is getting an al­lowance for two more FTE’s, but no more funding.

Tinian’s mayor will be re- ceivinganallowancefor20more FTE’s and $75,000 to pay them, as well as $20,000 in additional operations funding.

Saipan’s mayor will be get­ting an allowance for four more employees and $299,600 in jfunding to pay them, as well as an additional $100,000 in oper­ations money for FY 90.

The Civil Service Commis­sion will receive an additional $70,000 in operations money.

The Marianas Public Land Trust’s original $300,000 bud­get has been totally de-funded.

Additional funding for the 902 talks has been slated at$100,000.

Funds to help enact the build­ing code have been set aside to include three full-time employ­ees, with $29,300 to pay them and $20,700 in operations money.

The Legislature, in addition to funding the $2 million promised for the Sadog Tasi sewer plant renovation, also voted $ 100,000 to fight the Wabol case judge- ment,$50,000 for the Kagman recreational center and $75,000 for the Micronesian Olympics.

The compromise budget bill finally passed both houses at 2:43 p.m. Saturday. The Senate passed the measure at 2:19 p.m. the same day, but various calls for Senate sessions had been issued by the acting president since Thursday, but they kept being put off.

Representatives of the gover­nor said he “probably wouldn’t sign it until Tuesday - if he ap­proves it.”

Lawmakers demand investigationFrom P«g« 1representatives on Rota and Tinian. These problems are caused by the central office.”

Committee lawmakers said in their letter that "The Constitution mandates that the Civil Service Commis­sion benon-partisan and free of all political influence in Order to guarantee fairness in all government em­ployment.

They allege that Mafnas’ actions threatens the deliv­ery of personnel services in the Commonwealth,

Speaking from the floor of the Senate, Manglonatold his fellow lawmakers that this problem was “the main reason” we took so long in reporting the bill out of

committee. . but we sacrificed because we saw the need for money for sewer projects and the public schools system... We sacrificed people who are applying for jobs.” ..... ................

He asked them to support the committee’s recommen­dation, and also that he didn’t feel the“. ..problem is not with Jess Mafnas , . the problem is the civil service commissioners. They should be the ones to run the commission, to control the employees, they should make policy that will ensure that the hiring practices are fair, that promotions are fair and that salaries are fair.”

Yet, in previous interviews with the media, Manglona

said he felt that instead of the civil service tunning Mafnas, “he is running them.”

Last week Manglona said that he didn’ t “understand why the civil service people have to ask Mafnas when­ever they call a meeting. He works for them. He is their employee, he is supposed to do what they say, not the other way around.”

The Rota senator charged that Mafnas was “running the civil service commission, not the commissioners running him.”

In his remarks to fellow senators, Manglona said that “hiring should be done where it belongs . . “ on the individual islands.

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